Ive been looking into doing more car audio on my personal vehicle and maybe some side work and i want to pickup a copper lug crimper tool. All i have used in the past making welding leads, is the small black one that u have to use a sledge and hammer the press to crimp the lug. Ive seen some that were like bolt cutters that have a crimp die on the end. Anyone used these before or how about a small hydraulic press type. Both ate around $40 on ebay. Here is the link to the hydraulic type. http://m.ebay.com/itm/Hydraulic-Crimping-Tool-Kit-10T-Cable-Crimper-Dies-Wire-Terminal-Crimp-Lug-Set-/191938008091?nav=SEARCH
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Copper lug crimper
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Ign
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cliftonbros89
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Check Terminal Supply too
Roberts210
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That one is Chinese. Who knows whether it crimps correctly, or how long it will work.
If you are doing your own car just use an auto-parts store crimper and solder the connection, then put a short piece of heat shrink tubing in place on the crimped/soldered portion.
I crimp a lot, especially on wire rope and I use a U.S. made Nicopress M-J crimper which will crimp both 3/32nds and 1/8th inch wire rope. But when I want to do automotive wiring I'll do it the way I describe in the above paragraph. Nicopress crimpers were/are made in many, many configurations, and will certainly crimp copper automotive wire, but generally each crimper will only do 2 or 3 types of crimps, so for various gauges of wiring you'd need several Nicopress crimpers. I've bought them on ebay pretty cheap before.
If you are doing your own car just use an auto-parts store crimper and solder the connection, then put a short piece of heat shrink tubing in place on the crimped/soldered portion.
I crimp a lot, especially on wire rope and I use a U.S. made Nicopress M-J crimper which will crimp both 3/32nds and 1/8th inch wire rope. But when I want to do automotive wiring I'll do it the way I describe in the above paragraph. Nicopress crimpers were/are made in many, many configurations, and will certainly crimp copper automotive wire, but generally each crimper will only do 2 or 3 types of crimps, so for various gauges of wiring you'd need several Nicopress crimpers. I've bought them on ebay pretty cheap before.
Superbec
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I have the better version of that at about 3x the price, works very well and I did crimp other things as well.
I think it crimps better than the bolt cutter style.
The quality of the ferrules also matters quite a lot .
I think it crimps better than the bolt cutter style.
The quality of the ferrules also matters quite a lot .